Fishing-reel.



- INVENTOR (ieoqye WBlmfil/um PATENTED MAR. 19, 1907.

G. BLACKBURN. FISHING REEL. APPLICATION FILED 001'. 1a, 1905.

WITNESSES."

A TTORNE YS UNITED STATES PgigENT oFrroE.

' GEORGE WASHINGTON BLACKBURN, or SARASOTA,- FLO'R'I'DA'.

FISHING-REEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 19, 1907;

Application filed October 16, 1905. Serial No. 282,983.

,To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WASHINGTON BLACKBURN, a citizen of the United States and a resident of Sarasota, in the county of 5 Manatee and State of Florida, have invented a new. and Improved Fishing-Reel, of which the following is a'full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to certain attachments for fishing-reels; and the principal 0b- These projections are separated from each other and have felt 26 between them to keep spool and bandi The tension of the drag-can be adjusted by screws 26.

On the frame is a pawl 27, which is adapted to be engaged b the handle as it rotates. This pawl is provi ed with an elongated slot 27*, through which passes a stud 28, secured to the frame.

jects'thereof are to provide fishing-reels with an improved friction -drag, with an automatic stop, with means for setting the drag for any desired pull, with-a locking device to prevent the nut of the reel=post from working loose, and with other advanta eous features without using any screws on t e face of the Figure 1 is a perspective view of a reel,

showing the principle of my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1'. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and-Fig. ,4 is a fragmentary view of an automatic stop constituting a part of my invention. i

I have shown my invention as applied to a' reel having a frame 10 and a'main shaft 11 of the usual construction. In this type of reel the shaft 11 is mounted on the frame at one end by means of a screw 13, having a spring-washer 14 between it and the frame,

the screw being provided with a. sharpened end 15-, entering the end of the shaft. The shaft is also provided with a pinion 16, meshing with a gear 17 on a gear-post 18.

n my improvement the gear-post is pro vided with an'angular end 19, upon which is mounted a screwthreaded shank 20. On this shank isscrewed a nut 21, having teeth 22.- A pawl23' is pivotallymounted upon a stud 24 and is adapted to engage the teeth, so as to hold. the nut and prevent its being removed from the gear-post when the pawl is in operative position. The stud 24 is 10- j cated on a spool 25, mounted on the angular portion of the reel-post and adapted to turn therewith. The spool has a circumferential groove 25 for receiving a split band 26. The two parts of this band have projections 26, the-parts 26 an'd26 constituting a handle.

l slot 27.

jection- 31, by means of which it can be manipulated, and with a projection 32, adapted to engage thesurface of the frame The pawl is operated uponby a spring 29, having an extension .30, under which the end of the pawl is adapted to engage to hold the pawl in inoperative position. Thisis accomplished by forcing the pawl forwardly a sufficient distance to engage its nose under the portion 30 of the spring. Thisis allowedby the length of the The pawl is provided with a proand stop its motion in one direction.

sand and dirt from the drag formed bythe Y It will be observed that therotation of the I handle in one direction will be perfectly free,

as the handle will engage the end of'the pawl stopped by coming against the flat surface of the forward end of the awl. If a fish is and force it down whenever the handle comes on the line, its running turn the spool in i position. When it is desired to allow the opposition to the .brake or drag put'upon it reel to without drag,- the pawl can Y be put into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4 andthe'rotation of the handle will not be interfered with. Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters PaterX-P 1' 1. riction-ree carryin rotatable handle connecter? and an automatic stop for the handle, said stop comprising a pivoted pawl adapted to project into the path of the andle.

2. A fishing-reel having a rotatable han dle, and a stop therefor, said stop comprising apivoted pawl adapted to project into the path of the handle, the pawl being provided a main shaft, a

with means for preventing its motion about its pivot in one directlon beyond acertain point, and also providedwith a spring for permitting the pawl to be depressed in the other direct-ion.

. 3. stop for a fishing-reel, comprising a with the shaft,

astud passing through said slot on which the pawl having an elongated slot, a stud passing I through said slot for pivoting the pawl, a projection below said slot for limiting the i motion of the pawl, and a spring for forcing the pawl into a position in which said projection is in limiting position. l

t 4. An automatic stop for a fishing-reel,

comprising a pawl havin an elongate slot,

' into operative position, and means for engaging the swinging and longitudinally-movable pawl,

engaging the ative position. 7

pawl and holding it ininoperative 5 position. v

-7; A stop for a fishing-reel, comprising a and a spring for forcing the pawl into operative position; said spring having means for pawl and'holding it in inoper- 83A fishing-reel having a drag, comprising a spool, a handle rotatably mounted on the spool, and a stop for the handle, comprisin a spring-pawl adapted to engage and hold the handle when the handle turns in one direction. I

9. A fishing-reel having a drag comprising a spool, a two-part handle, each part of the handle havin a semicircular portion embracing one si e of the spool and a projection, the projection of one part entering ,that of the other, a fibrous packing between said parts engaging the spool, and means for varying the distance between the parts of the handle to vary the friction on the spool.

10. A fishing-reel having a drag, comprising a spool, a handle ada ted to be held on the spool by friction, an a fibrous packing between the handle and spool, for preventing the entrance of dirt and dust between them.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of f two subscribing Witnesses.

GEORGE WASHINGTON BLACKBURN. Witnesses:

C. V. S. WILSON. E. J. MEssER. 

